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2022., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: REALISTIC F ILO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Yaminah Okar left Obsidian and the wreckage of her family years ago. She and her father have made lives for themselves in Brooklyn. She thinks she's moved on to bigger and better things. She thinks she's finally left behind that city she would rather forget. But when a Facebook message about her estranged mother pierces Yaminah's new bubble, memories of everything that happened before her parents' divorce come roaring back. Now, Yaminah must finally reckon with the truth about her mother and the growing collapse of a place she once called home"--Provided by the publisher.
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2022., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC ILO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Yaminah Okar left Obsidian and the wreckage of her family years ago. She and her father have made lives for themselves in Brooklyn. She thinks she's moved on to bigger and better things. She thinks she's finally left behind that city she would rather forget. But when a Facebook message about her estranged mother pierces Yaminah's new bubble, memories of everything that happened before her parents' divorce come roaring back. Now, Yaminah must finally reckon with the truth about her mother and the growing collapse of a place she once called home"--Provided by publisher.
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2010., Hyperion Call No: 921 MURRAY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Liz Murray, who was homeless at the age of fifteen and had drug-addicted parents, reflects on how she overcame obstacles and eventually attended Harvard University.
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c2010., Hyperion Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Liz Murray, who was homeless at the age of fifteen and had drug-addicted parents, reflects on how she overcame obstacles and eventually attended Harvard University.
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c2010, Hyperion Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Liz Murray, who was homeless at the age of fifteen and had drug-addicted parents, reflects on how she overcame obstacles and eventually attended Harvard University.
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c2010., Hyperion Call No: Guide B Murray Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author describes how she struggled as the child of two drug addicts, and was homeless at age fifteen but still managed to graduate from high school in two years, and win a "New York Times" scholarship that took her to Harvard University.
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2012., Adolescent, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: Realistic FIC Hopkins Edition: First Margaret K. McElderry Books paperback edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Written in free verse, this title explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother's addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.
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2018., Adolescent, Graphix, An Imprint of Scholastic Call No: GN KRO Edition: First edition. Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along"--
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2018., Juvenile, Graphix Call No: Guide GN 920 Krosoczka Edition: First edition. Availability:6 of 8 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: A graphic novel memoir by author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka who describes growing up with an addict mother, a missing father, and two loving, opinionated grandparents who raised him into his teen years. Describes how Krosoczka relied on his art to express himself and to survive the ups and downs of life.
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2021., Fitzroy Books Call No: SPORTS FIC SUL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It is impossible not to root for Ceti, almost fifteen, who tells her story of growing up in shelters, learning soccer from her Gramps, and sleeping in her Mom's red truck where they listened over and over to Rolling Stones discs someone left behind. Following in the steps of her hero, Lionel Messi, Ceti is a shooting star on the field. A U.S. scout is coming to watch her play in the State Championship; she has Ruby, her best friend since kindergarten rooting for her, and a crush on a boy who lives in her building, Will. But at home, she'll find a spoon in the sink, a ball of tin foil and a needle in the trash. Her Mom, who used to be beautiful with her long honey hair and green eyes is now wasted and track-marked. And she is pregnant. Ceti's life goes up and down with a mother who wants only the next high. Her Mom's menacing and goofy boyfriend Foxface is always hounding Ceti; their junky friends start a fire in Ceti's apartment; and on the day of the semifinals, Ceti finds her Mom bleeding profusely. She steals a new iPhone for her Mom but is caught and disqualified from playing in the Championship game. Then Ruby decides on private school for next year, and Will stops hanging out with Ceti. When her Mom promises they can start over in New Hampshire, Ceti is hopeful. Instead, she finds her Mom has overdosed. Ceti, too, would be one more dream slipping away if she didn't have the courage to hold on to what she loves the most.
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c2013., Juvenile, Distributed in the USA by Firefly Books Distributed in the USA by Firefly Books Call No: HI-INT 362.29 HOO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Profiles ten people who, as children or teens, lived through a friend or family member's addiction. Examines how each person was impacted by witnessing these addictions and how they found help for themselves and their loved ones.
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c2013., Adolescent, Annick Press Call No: DRUGS & ALCOHOL NF SHA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents ten profiles from inverviews by people, who, as children or teens lived in a family impacted by alcohol, drug, food, medication, work, or gambling abuse.
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2007., Praeger Publishers Call No: 362.29 Cov Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only
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2016., Adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: SCI-FI F DUY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: As Denise and her mother make their way to the temporary shelter they've been assigned to in response to the comet that is about to hit Earth, they can't find her sister Iris anywhere, and their mother's drug addiction is slowing them down. Denise fears they'll never reach the shelter in time. And when they come upon a ship scheduled to leave Earth to repopulate other planets, Denise worries they won't be allowed on board because of her mother's drug problem and her own battle with autism.
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2016., Adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: Sci Fi Fic Duyvis Genre: Science Fiction, Science fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: As Denise and her mother make their way to the temporary shelter they've been assigned to in response to the comet that is about to hit Earth, they can't find her sister Iris anywhere, and their mother's drug addiction is slowing them down. Denise fears they'll never reach the shelter in time. And when they come upon a ship scheduled to leave Earth to repopulate other planets, Denise worries they won't be allowed on board because of her mother's drug problem and her own battle with autism.
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[2017], Adolescent, Scribner Call No: REALISTIC F MAG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Harrowing and beautiful, Daniel Magariel's masterful debut is a story of survival: two foxhole-weary brothers banding together to protect each other from the father they once trusted.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Skyscape Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Pearl Jaeger is seventeen and homeless after drugs, poverty, and addiction unraveled the life she shared with JJ, her formerly glamorous rock star mother... When tragedy brings a chance to start over at an elite boarding school, she doesn't hesitate. Yet the only salvation comes from an art teacher as troubled as Pearl..."--Provided by publisher.
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[2017], Adolescent, Blink Call No: Young adult FIC ALEXANDER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After discovering a family secret, Blade begins a journey that takes him to Ghana, where he discovers the power of friendship, family, community, and reconciliation.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Blink Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Blade Morrison is being crushed between the tabloids exposing his former rock-star-father's addictions and a secret that threatens his own identity.
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[2017], Blink Call No: REALISTIC F ALE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.